MunnyGuy Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 During delivery, my Tub's acrylic was scuffed pretty badly in 2 places. (Kind of pissed off.... but amazed that they got it in at all). The problem is the scuff is right around the control panel. What can I use (product or technique) to fix this. I believe the dealer is going to take care of this but have not been able to confirm as the owner is out of town currently. Any recomendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 a little bit of good quality cut polish will take out the scuffs if they are not deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunnyGuy Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 It is pretty nasty (acrylic scraped parging on house foundation) I tried to take pics but it was dark and flash screwed up pics. Will post pics tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 You may be able to sand it out and then polish and wax - but I would sure let the dealer do it. We had one a few months ago and I had to go and collect all the stuff I needed and return. I took a couple of those sanding sponges - the ones with multiple grit sanding surfaces. I took a selection from course to fine. I used those to get to the bottom of the scratch and feather out the area. Once it was flat, and dull, I used 400 wet followed by 600 wet. I had some 1200 wet, but I couldn't find it in the shop, so I stopped at 600 and went with a good polish by Mequiars - I don't remember exactly which one, but just about any of the good polishes they offer will work. I put some spa polish on the whole area, and you couldn't tell it was ever scratched. Took less than an hour to do the whole job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunnyGuy Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Thanks to Pathfinder and Chas... I am going to try this fix myself. Here are some BEFORE pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunnyGuy Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Again thanks to Pathfinder and Chas....I took their suggestions and fixed it myself with stellar results. I started with 140 grit sandpaper to get down to base of scratch. Then Feathered by wet sanding with 240 grit, 400 grit and 800 grit. I then used a very fine acrylic cutting polish. Then protected it with Acrylic Surface Cleaner/Polish. And a coat of Megiars to top it off. Even my wife, who is extremely picky, was impressed. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Looks like it was never there but too bad for the scuffs in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Awesome. Can you work weekends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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